Meet Bill Paxton Your Business Adviser

After 16 years of Project Engineering in the Capital Equipment Industry, Bill joined a major industrial and management consultancy, improving performance of client organisations in the Public and Private sector.

He was Director and General Manager of a 1500 employee company in the paper coating and converting, and reprographic machinery industry, responsible for manufacture, distribution and personnel; he held a similar position with a small woodworking company. He then ran the marketing of a large business advisory and consultancy organisation in the South East.

In the early 90’s Bill set up his own business providing advisory services to SME’s. This included work as a business adviser for Business Link and Enterprises Agencies, tutoring Business Start courses and mentoring for the Prince’s Trust.

Bill has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer; he is a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Business Consulting, and is SFEDI accredited.

Bill has helped clients with all types of business challenges. Here are a few examples:

• Counselling a private company of horticultural sundries and seeds suppliers on business planning, profitability and selling.
• Value Analysis training and team leading to achieve significant cost savings on manufacture of drive transmissions.
• Productivity improvements in a camera repair business.
• Assessment and modification of tendering procedures for a supplier contract to IBM.
• Sales organisation and controls, sales training and coaching of the Sales Manager for a hardware trade manufacturer.
• New marketing strategy and implementation through workshop learning process for a steel pipe manufacturer.
• Systems and procedures for an upholsterer who needed better workshop control.
• Marketing strategy and research for a pine furniture maker.
• Costing, new systems and profitability advice for a start-up carpenter and joiner.
• Market research and prospect planning for a maintenance/repair business.

Bill would be delighted to talk to you about your business, whether you are a start-up or already run a small business. Give him a call on 01206 548833.

"I took on board all that you said, re-jigged my plan and got to know my figures inside out. I was somewhat hazy at the time, but the realisation that I needed to get to know these properly made me look at and understand them a lot better than I did. I wanted to thank you for that meeting and the advice because today my bank have agreed to back my venture and I have identified another business opportunity.

Thank you. Following our meeting I have achieved what I set out to do." Client Testimonial